The North Lygon Street foodscape was my group’s allocated street, colloquially known as “Little Italy”, mainly focuses on serving Italian cuisines and of course, desserts!

Along the stretch of foodscape between Elgin Street and Faraday Street, a common language of Italian could be heard conversing between staffs and patrons recurrently, a plethora of Italian flags was seen hanging by food establishments, some restaurants were Italian named and the restaurants interior setup emulate the Italian style. All these add up to prove the street’s authenticity and strolling along the street would allow anyone to experience and immerse themselves in the Italian food culture.

For dessert-lovers, Pidapipo and Burnetti are the two must-go in North of Lygon Street for a taste of Italian desserts. They offer authentic yet artisanal twist for its gelatos and sweet treats. Well, who would have thought transforming Italian dessert and nuts of tiramisu and pistachio into gelato would be a brilliant idea!

I believe to the Italians, this street would be a home away from home, as they savour and reminisce in the authentic Italian dishes and ambience whilst creating new memories with the environment and people of Melbourne.

Lygon Street is as bustling and inviting as it was when I first visit, catering to expatriate, tourists and locals of all ages and intentions to come forth and indulge in all that it has to offer. However, the experience of walking down Lygon Street will never feel the same with prior knowledge of the hardship and challenges Italy have faced and how far it has come and evolved to present its authentically humble cuisine on the plate.

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